During battle, there are many abnormal status effects that can be afflicted on your party and on the enemy. Refer to the table below to
find out what Status Effect there are in Final Fantasy VIII, what their symptoms are and more importantly, how to cure them.

Status Effect

Symptom

Cure

Silence

Victim can no longer use magic or summon GF's.

Echo Screen (item) or Esuna (Magic)

Confusion

Victim loses all sense of reality and begins randomly attacking any target, even itself.

Remedy (item) or Esuna (Magic)

Poison

Victim loses Hit Points every time it performs an action during battle

Antidote (item) or Esuna (Magic)

Berserk

Victim loses total control and goes into a mad rage; character can only use physical attacks and cannot pick
targets. Attack strength and player speed is increased slightly.

Remedy (item) or Esuna (Magic)

Slow

Victim's speed is cut in half.

Remedy (item), Haste (Magic) or Esuna (Magic)

Blind

Victim loses sight, and hit rate is drastically reduced.

Eye Drops (item) or Esuna (Magic)

Slow Death

A counter appear over the victim's head. If it reaches zero before the end of battle, the character is knocked out.

Dispel (Magic)

Petrify

Victim is turned to stone.

Soft (item) or Esuna (Magic)

Zombie

Victim becomes an undead creature.

Holy Water (item) or Esuna (Magic)

Slow Petirfy

A counter appears over the victim's head. If it reaches zero before the end of the battle, the character is petrified.